CBS: College football playoff contenders by tier: Texas not in "Clear frontrunners"

[Beldar]

On 7/14/2026 at 6:53 AM, Gerry Hamilton said:

CBS' reason ... the one we've all been talking about since the release: the schedule  

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-contenders-tier-2026/

You guys convinced me. 

[Hookem72]

On 7/14/2026 at 8:09 AM, Gerry Hamilton said:

lol … that’s a lot of Kobe pictures, jerseys and DVD’s 

Why not make it serious and Harvey bets that if Notre Dame wins the natty he has to post a video saying that Duncan is the GOAT of his era and Wemby will be better than Kobe 😂😂😂😂

[cochamps]

Agree that PK was good at not conceding the run.  Imo, we conceded short passes.  Playing off receivers, particularly on thrd downs, was my biggest complaint.  I thought this left the D on the field too long, which is  real problem with a quick strike O.  Just thought it caused issues with TOP, evn though I'm not as concerned about that as many.

[Hookem72]

5 minutes ago, Beldar said:

You guys convinced me. 

I feel like we are in the same position 2019 LSU was in.  I felt like that was our year until we played them.  I have a feeling a lot of teams on our schedule will feel the way we did after playing LSU in 2019.🤘🤘🤘

[Here for the Wins]

I certainly understand people playing off the ball and underneath throws converting the first as frustrating.  Some of that to me falls on the player.  Just because we’re off the ball doesn’t mean you can’t attack the ball or receiver.  Certainly with that comes risk.  I always refer back to Rod Woodson with the Steelers.  He played off quite a bit, but he was aggressive downfield.  He was susceptible to double moves at times for this reason.  I don’t recall complaints about their defense lacking aggression.  Different era though so that plays into it.

I was very hopeful that Will would have become coach those many years ago.  I’d love to have played for him.  If I thought about that, he might be my number 1 choice of all time in that regard.  So that’s how I feel about him.